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NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE
When Russell talks of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle, it's
about a host of possible concepts and platforms. So, while the
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) "is where we're at today,"
it's a long way from what the Army may need in the future. For
example, Russell said, autonomy, whether in the air or on the
ground, is a big part of where the Army sees its vehicular strategy
going. e S&T programs are looking at autonomy and team-
ing, meaning that both air and ground unmanned vehicles will
be able to operate and navigate by themselves as part of a collab-
orative, man-unmanned team, without a pilot actively guiding
the vehicle. e man-unmanned teaming approach launched
in 2009 (See "Wingman Is First Step Toward Weaponized
Robotics," Page 86), and has already shown great promise. e
future, however, will see a great deal more collaboration between
platforms.
S&T programs are looking to answer di cult questions about
where vehicle autonomy can go, aided by arti cial intelligence
and advanced sensors. "Can we enhance the mobility, and
can we increase the speed, the speed-to-contact, maneuver-to-
contact?" Russell said. Or, how can a manned ground vehicle
teamed with unmanned air or ground vehicles nd, engage and
defeat an adversary that's entrenched and well-protected, before
the enemy detects a potential attack?
"If I look out 10 years from now, there may be other ground-
vehicle capabilities that we need that would be the next
generation. And again, it's not just JLTV we're talking [about],"
Russell said. "Are we going to have Abrams [tanks] for the next
50 years, or are we going to develop something that would be
di erent from a tank? Or do we really even need a tank? Could
we develop a di erent concept of operations, based on new
ground vehicle capabilities that emerge from technologies" the
Army is developing or looking to develop now?
Part of that next generation vehicle strategy is the Robotic
Wingman program. e potential there is huge, not just for
applying more force, but also for using those vehicles for sensing,
for scouting and providing highly accurate situational aware-
ness. "When I say a Soldier is operating three wingmen, it could
be one air vehicle and two ground vehicles," Russell said.
As to the probability that a potential future adversary could be
working on similar technology, Russell said, it's not just about
the machines, it's also about the people, and that's where he
thinks the United States has the advantage. It's about "humans
and how you train, and the rest of the DOTMLPF [doctrine,
organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, per-
sonnel and facilities]," he said.
"In the end, I think one of the things that is to our strategic
advantage over a lot of our adversaries is our DOTMLPF pro-
cess. And that's how we integrate material and technological
solutions and how we use them to our advantage based on the
overall process."
FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT
e current Army eet of rotary-wing aircraft are Cold War-
era relics. ey've been upgraded and enhanced over the years
again and again, but, according to Russell, the basic platforms
ARMED FOR THE NEXT FIGHT
A Soldier assigned to the Mississippi Army National Guard's 155th
Brigade Combat Team provides security during Decisive Action Rotation
17-07 at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, California,
in June. Decisive action rotations ensure that units remain responsive
and consistently available for current and future contingencies---"not
focused on just where the puck is today, but where the puck will be in
the future," said Russell. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Parrott, NTC
Operations Group)
60 Army AL&T Magazine January-March 2018
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